Southwest Fox Conference Blog

Southwest Fox 2023: Save the date/Call for Speakers

We’re excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2023, a hybrid conference; you decide whether to come in-person or watch online! The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale. The virtual event will use the Hopin platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest). You can get more information on the Southwest Fox Conference Web page. The conference will take place October 19-22, 2023.  We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox. If Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

What do you want to learn, 2023 edition

Each year, we post a list of topics suggested by attendees on the previous year’s conference evaluations to help people who want to submit proposals. (Here are the last few versions: 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.) Here’s this year’s list with suggestions from both Virtual Fox Fests held in 2022: Deep dives into everyday tools VFPX Chilkat project VFPX updates Thor Dealing with VFP’s dated interface Microsoft Office automation Advanced Automation techniques SQL Server Migrating Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (October) follow-ups

Here are some follow-up notes about Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (October): Videos for all presentations are now available on YouTube for free to everyone, as our contribution to the VFP community. Be sure to subscribe to our channel. If you didn’t attend Virtual Fox Fest and want materials (white papers and sample code) for the presentations, go to  https://geekgatherings.com/Registration and “register” for the conference. You’re not really registering since it’s over, but in the Registration Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Don’t forget or regret

Thanks to all who have registered for Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct). Early registrants help us plan ahead. This is another friendly reminder to the rest of you that it takes just a few minutes to register, here is the link: register me now  We’re really excited about this year’s Virtual Fox Fest line-up and we know you will be, too. You can find all the details: Sessions  Speakers  Sponsors Registration Details Registration Web site Who’s Coming Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Early-Bird deadline is approaching

Thanks to all who have already registered for Virtual Fox Fest; we appreciate your support and our speakers are excited to share all their sessions with you all soon.  Please register for Virtual Fox Fest before September 1st, our Early-Bird deadline. We know you are interested in saving $50, and we would appreciate processing the bulk of the registrations in August. Perfect synergy! As a bonus, we won’t process your payment until September. It takes Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

Announcing Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (October)

Plus Call for Speakers We’re excited to offer you Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct), a three-day online conference presenting the latest in Microsoft Visual FoxPro development techniques and interoperability with other technologies. This conference provides a venue for VFP developers to come together virtually to learn more about how our fellow developers are using and extending VFP. For details about Virtual Fox Fest, please see https://virtualfoxfest.com. The conference is going to be on October 13th, 19th, Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

What do you want to learn, 2022 edition

Each year, we post a list of topics suggested by attendees on the previous year’s conference evaluations to help people who want to submit proposals. (Here are the last few versions: 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.) Here’s this year’s list, with suggestions from Virtual Fox Fest 2021, organized and de-duped. (As we write this, the one-day Virtual Fox Fest May 2022 is still a week away.). Of course, we also welcome topics not on this Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago

VFF is May 5. Last chance to register

Register by 3 PM EDT on April 27 for a chance at great prizes from DBI Thank you to all who have registered for Virtual Fox Fest; we appreciate your support. We are down to the last minute and the registration squad is providing one last incentive to get you to register now because the next week is already busy. While we don’t mind registering people at the last minute, it is hectic just before Read more…

By Tamar Granor, ago